Aren't lighthouses referred to as `speed-bumps' by Italian ship captains?

llfennell: /let the "Which Civ is better" argument begin!

Trick question. The answer is Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

/Don't go, the drones need you
//They look up to you

I think that headline triggered a Golden Age.

I came in thinking it was Settlers. which i need to pull out again very very soon

Sebastrd: Settlers of Cataan?

'Reverse vampires' is my favorite Aqua Teen Hunger Force meme.

Thanks, Subby. That made me laugh :)

jayhawk88: Hey on topic! New Civ 5 expansion announced the other day, with the return of Religion!

/I know I know, but I like Civ 5 dammit. Hex and more manageable combat FTW

I didn't quite like Civ 5 at first... but it grew on me.

I'm waiting on that expansion pack! I only got the add-on Spanish/Inca civs. Thought about getting more recently... but will wait for the pack.

Speaking of lighthouses in Italy.......

Q: What is a bigamist in Italy?

A: Large fog.

llfennell: I LOLed BIG TIME!!!

Time to haul CIV 3, 4 or 5 out :)

/let the "Which Civ is better" argument begin!

4, and if anyone says otherwise they are a commie-fascist-islamo-atheist-satanist.

/Warlords expansion pack ftw.
//5 screwed the pooch.

cgraves67: Trocadero: What is this Civ5 crap? Harbors are for food, Lighthouse was for naval range/speed!

I've always had the feeling that fishermen in Civ V hover around the base of the lighthouse at night and shoot whatever sea creatures get dazzled by the light.

I am still laughing out loud and my puppy is still looking at me funny.

Hee hee hee hee hee

squidgod2000: Civ5 was a great game--too bad Steam sucks ass and the game won't load anymore.

I gave up on it after about 6 months. I kept trying, but it never grew on me.

Bad:
1) I found the AI to be terrible and easily exploited
2) Other world leaders were schizo. Within a couple turns they could go from being perfectly happy with you, sharing trade with you, same civics as you, etc., to declaring war. It just never made sense how they were programmed.
3) Easily start a war with one city-state and slowly build a few nearly untouchable units for later on
4) Destroyers were the be-all-end-all unit in that game when combined with #3 above.
5) Conditions for a domination win were stupid and easily exploited
6) Economic system encouraged weak transportation infrastructure, which made it easier to attack other countries as it was easier to cut off their units' ability to move around and respond.
7) Every land unit becomes its own transport vehicle when put on water, making it easier to project military overseas and eliminating a lot of the planning necessary for overseas invasions or simply settling new landmasses.
8) Made the game more "accessible" which meant that they abandoned their core market of people wanting a very in-depth and involved game.

Good:
1) Terrain map using hexagons was better than any previous game with squares or diamonds.

Mixed feelings:
1) Inability to stack military units. It made for much more planning on how to place/move/coordinate your military, but made for attacks early in the game to be more difficult because units didn't have very good attack compared to city defense.

As much as I love civ, I'm farking useless at it. No idea how you people require deity level to have fun on it, cos I get backstabbed, then smashed on Noble difficulty. Warlord is easy enough though.